Chair



Jan. 19, 1932. SQBEL 1,842,054

CHAIR Filed June 26. 1931 2 SheetsSheet 1 'NVENTOR FRA NK 505 LATTORNEYS Jan. 19, 1932. F, SOBEL, 1,842,054

CHAIR Filed June 2a, 1951 2 Sheets-$heet 2 INVENTOR FRANK SOBEL Q ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 19, 1932 UNITED STATES FRANK SOBEL, OF NEW YORK, n. Y.

CHAIR Application filed June 26,

This invention relates to improvements in chairs and has particularreference to a chair which is especially useful in store equipment, suchas shoe establishments.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved chair of simple,practical and in expensive construction which is capable of constitutinga unit of an assembled row of chairs.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetailed description, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.In the drawings- I Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a plurality ofthe chairs arranged in an assembled row;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through one of the chairs;

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of one complete chair with portions ofother chairs arranged on opposite sides thereof in the assembled row;

Figure 1 is a front elevation;

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the manner ofsecuring adjacent chairs together; and

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5, illustrating the assembly asapplied to a single chair.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the numerals10 and 11 indicate generally the seat and back of each 0 chair, each ofsaid elements having a base 12 including the reinforcing strips 13extending around the marginal edges thereof and forming securing meansfor the upholstery of said elements. The framework of an individualchair comprises side members, each preferably formed of a single lengthof rod or tubing bent to provide a front leg 14;, a substantiallyhorizontal arm 15, and a bent rear leg 16. When a number of the chairsare assembled in a row each side member, with the exception of those atthe extremities of the row, is common to two adjacent chairs, as

shown in Figure 1.

To mount the seat section of each chair in position, a pair ofsupporting bars 17 are we 1531'. Serial no. 546,955.

tended transversely across the base of said seat and connected to thefront and rear legs 14 and 16 in a manner to be presently described. Thebar 17 extending between the rear legs and along the rear edge of theseat is secured to the base 12 by screws 18 which extend through saidbase and into the adjacent reinforcing strip 13. The bar joining thefront legs 14 extends across the base 12 in spaced relation to the frontedge of the seat and is also secured to said base by screws 18.

When in an assembled row, each of the intermediate side membersconstitutes a means for attaching the supporting bars 17 of ad- 65jacent chairs thereto, as shown in Figure 5. For this purpose, each bar17 is provided with a lateral extension 19 at each end which abutsagainst the adjacent front or rear leg of one of the end members. Saidextensions are apertured and the apertures therein are aligned with anopening formed in a leg of the end member so as to receive a securingbolt 20 therethrough. As shown in Figure 6, a similar construction isemployed which is adapted for an individual chair, or for the twoextreme side members at the ends of a row of chairs. With thisconstruction, it will be apparent that a single chair or row thereof maybe easily and quickly assembled and the ele ments thereof taken apartfor purposes of repalr.

In a similar manner the back 11 of each chair is secured in position,the supporting bars 21 and 22 being used for this purpose. The bar 21extends between and has its ends secured to the rear legs 16 in the samemanner as described in connection with the bars 17 and is attached tothe lower edge of the back 11 while the bar 22 extends across the base12 of said back and is secured to said rear legs adjacent the arms 15.

Vfhat is claimed is 1. A chair comprising inverted substantiallyU-shaped end frame members, a seat and a back fixedly secured separatelybetween said end members, fastening means for said seat and backincluding angular extensions secured to said end members, and means tosecure said extensions to said members.

2. A chair construction comprising a plurality of inverted substantiallyU-shaped members, seats and backs fixedly mounted separately on oppositesides of one of said U-shaped members, supporting elements for saidseats and backs, each having an angular extension engageable with saidU-shaped member in line with the point of engagement of an extension ofanother of said elements with said U-shaped member on the opposite sidethereof, and means common to adjacent extensions for fastening the sameto said U- shaped member.

In testimony whereof, I have aifixed my signature.

FRANK SOB'EL.

